Patents by Inventor R. Benjamin Hochstedler

R. Benjamin Hochstedler has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Automatic layout selection for information monitoring system
    Patent number: 6707476
    Abstract: A method of switching the layout of an information monitoring system. Layouts are sets of graphical components that are associated with monitored or sensed activities. The invention provides a mechanism for switching the layout when conditions of the monitoring system change. The system determines the currently used components for the current layout, determines the currently used capabilities of the system, and determines a correspondence between the set of currently used components and currently used capabilities. The system reviews a group of layouts and determines a correspondence between the components in the layouts, in the group of layouts, and the set of currently used capabilities of the system. A layout switch occurs if one of the layouts in the group of layouts more closely corresponds to the currently used capabilities of the system than the current layout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Information Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: R. Benjamin Hochstedler